Bengali edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian افیون (afyūn), from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apiyōn), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Cognate with Assamese আফিং (aphiṅ), Odia ଅଫିମ (ôphimô), Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm), Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Marathi अफू (aphū).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

আফিম (aphim)

  1. opium